Only the Orthodox Will Survive
by Robert BenneA serious Christian school must have an explicit, orthodox Christian mission, and it has to hire administrators, faculty, and staff for that mission. Continue Reading »
The Faithful Remnant
by Mark BauerleinFr. Robert McTeigue .S.J joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Christendom Lost and Found: Meditations for a Post Post-Christian Era. Continue Reading »
Christianity: Neither Revolutionary nor Conservative
by Peter J. LeithartWe must grasp the gravity of our moment. The West isn’t sick. It’s dead, and we should heed Jesus’s exhortation to “let the dead bury their dead.” Continue Reading »
Pedagogy of Love
by Peter J. LeithartWhenever Christians have pursued the comprehensive pedagogy of the Shema, it has taken form in a civilization that expresses single-minded love for God and serves as a ubiquitous exhortation to persevere in that love. Continue Reading »
The End of Christendom?
by R. R. RenoNew York police officer Wilbert Mora was buried February 2. He was gunned down in a Harlem apartment January 21 after responding to a 911 call; his partner Jason Rivera died at the scene, and Mora succumbed to his wounds a few days later. The funeral was held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, as . . . . Continue Reading »
At Lenin's Tomb
by Eugene VodolazkinHistory, to the modern mind, has a goal and follows the path of progress, so that new becomes identified with better. It was on this basis that, a century ago in Russia, communist belief seized the moment. Typically for the progressive tradition, the word “new” acquired a magical . . . . Continue Reading »
The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism
by Aaron M. RennAmerican evangelicalism is deeply divided. Some evangelicals have embraced the secular turn toward social justice activism, particularly around race and immigration, accusing others of failing to reckon with the church’s racist past. Others charge evangelical elites with going “woke” and . . . . Continue Reading »
Theology After the Virus
by Ephraim RadnerRenewed theology and theological scholarship awaits its form from among those whose wisdom is not yet mature. Continue Reading »
Whatever Happened to Sacral Kingship?
by Aaron WeinachtIn an average college course, the history of Western political theory typically follows a simple plot: A flowering of secular, republican rationality in Ancient Athens and Republican Rome foundered on a combination of Imperial overstretch and civil war.
Baptist Catholics
by Ephraim RadnerContesting Catholicity: Theology for Other Baptists by curtis w. freeman baylor, 478 pages, $49.95 When I’m in a gloomy mood, sometimes I’d like to be a Baptist. Instead of all the venal bishops, political synods, and ignorant commissions, I’d have some controllable integrity to my church . . . . Continue Reading »
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